{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But they will by no means say that the Deity, enfeebled through the\r\ndesire that springs from want, is nourished. Accordingly, they will\r\nrepresent Him as nourished without desire like a plant, and like beasts\r\nthat burrow. They say that these grow innoxiously, nourished either by\r\nthe density in the air, or from the exhalations proceeding from their\r\nown body. Though if the Deity, though needing nothing, is according\r\nto them nourished, what necessity has He for food, wanting nothing?\r\nBut if, by nature needing nothing, He delights to be honoured, it is\r\nnot without reason that we honour God in prayer; and thus the best\r\nand holiest sacrifice with righteousness we bring, presenting it as\r\nan offering to the most righteous Word, by whom we receive knowledge,\r\ngiving glory by Him for what<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1231\" id=\"FNanchor_1231\">[1231]</a> we have learned.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VII.","CHAPTER VI. PRAYERS AND PRAISE FROM A PURE MIND, CEASELESSLY OFFERED, FAR BETTER THAN SACRIFICES."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1231","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-984"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8b950743a5784fdacd33301d6d58eb2e6a1e3fc57fcc9c97f6ca16707d502f05","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_1231","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1231","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1231\" id=\"Footnote_1231\">[1231]</a> ἐφ’ οἷς, substituted by Lowth for ἅ in the text.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1231","text_sha256":"54a8ddae0fb549189a62bb777ecebf0d03f96dc2d32e054979680fd33cb26e4e","verified":false,"work_id":null}